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Richard Hailstone received a BS degree in Chemistry from Northern Illinois University in 1970 and an MS in Physical Chemistry from Indiana University in 1972. Immediately after graduation he joined the Research Laboratories of Eastman Kodak Company. Through almost all of his 18 years with Kodak his research focus was on fundamental research in silver halide materials (those materials used for conventional photographic products). In 1990 he left Kodak and joined the faculty at the Center for Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Initially, his research focus continued to be in silver halide materials. More recently his research has shifted towards the Nano-materials area. Specifically, he is exploring the use of semiconductor quantum dots in the fabrication of image displays, image capture devices, photonic crystals, and biological fluorophores. He is Co-Director of the NanoImaging Research Lab, which has electron and scanning probe microscopes that image at the Nano level. In addition, the Lab has facilities for the preparation of Nano-particles via aqueous precipitation, as well as equipment for the fabrication of prototype imaging devices. In 1996 he was awarded the Lieven Gevaert Medal for outstanding achievement in silver halide photoscience and in 1997 he was made a Fellow of IS&T (The Society for Imaging Science and Technology) for significant contributions to the progress of imaging science and engineering. | 